Familial hypertrophic myocardiopathy

We present the case of a 16 year-old man with a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a history of sudden family death; risk stratification was performed using the clinical risk prediction model for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM Risk -SCD), being a high-risk patient for which...

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Authors: Lazo-Soldevilla, Marco, Meza-Centeno, Lizeth
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Perú
Institution:Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Repository:Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/582
Online Access:https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/582
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:miocardiopatía hipertrófica
muerte súbita cardíaca
desfibrilador automático implantable
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
sudden cardiac death
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
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Summary:We present the case of a 16 year-old man with a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a history of sudden family death; risk stratification was performed using the clinical risk prediction model for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM Risk -SCD), being a high-risk patient for which animplantable automatic defibrillator was placed as primary prevention.